Rocky Mountain High - Live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA - August/September 1974

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He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year
 Coming home to a place he'd never been before
 He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
 You might say he found a key for every door
 When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away
 On the road and hangin' by a song
 But the string's already broken, and he doesn't really care
 It keeps changin' fast, and it don't last for long
 But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
 I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
 The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullaby
 Rocky Mountain high (Colorado)
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)
 He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
 He saw everything as far as you can see
 And they say that he got crazy once, and he tried to touch the sun
 And he lost a friend but kept his memory
 Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams
 Seeking grace in every step he takes
 His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
 The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
 And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
 I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
 Talk to God and listen to the casual reply
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)
 Now his life is full of wonder, but his heart still knows some fear
 Of a simple thing, he cannot comprehend
 While they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
 More people, more scars upon the land
 And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
 I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
 I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly
 Rocky Mountain high
 Colorado Rocky Mountain high
 I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
 Friends around the campfire and everybody's high
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)
 Rocky Mountain high (high in Colorado)

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Duration
05:05
Key
4
Tempo
86 BPM

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